To: dainbramaged
I used to have his tin cup from the ship but donated it to a veterans museum - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.
How cool is that? Did it say USS Boston on it, by chance?
6 posted on
05/03/2021 10:18:20 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: Antoninus
The cup had "US" on the handle, no other markings. It appears the army and navy used the same coffee cups from 1874 to the beginning of World War I before the USN went to ceramic years later. The guys at the museum had never seen one.
Scroll down to page 28 of this pdf for a picture.
https://history.army.mil/html/museums/messkits/Field_Mess_Gear.pdf
7 posted on
05/03/2021 11:14:19 AM PDT by
dainbramaged
(Sentries report Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em.)
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